In the News: National Survey Shows Voters Support Paid Leave By Building On Existing System, Not Through A New Government-Run Program

Americans across the political spectrum want paid leave to be accomplished by building on and expanding existing employer-based paid leave benefits. At least three out of four voters support paid leave policy approaches that focus on: creating a paid leave program via a partnership between government and private plans for employees working in small businesses […]

Public Opinion Strategies releases results from a new national survey

Public Opinion Strategies is releasing results from a new national survey.  The results spell trouble for President Biden, and also indicate that Afghanistan is a big challenge for him with the American public.  The press release is attached, and below are a couple of quotes and notes on methodology.  Also attached please find a chart […]

In the News: Majority of Tennesseans believe public education is on the wrong track

As the new school year begins, Tennesseans are concerned about the impact the COVID-19 pandemic is having on the youngest learners. The majority — more than 79% — are especially worried that too many schoolchildren fell behind in math and reading due to school closures and disruptions, according to new poll results released by Public […]

In the News: GOP rift widens amid growing hostility to Afghan refugees

“There’s just a sense that we are less safe as a country as a result of this,” said Neil Newhouse, a veteran Republican pollster. The rhetoric reflects “a general, overall increase” in concern in the country over the risk of terrorist threats after Afghanistan’s fall to the Taliban — not just in the short term […]

In the News: GOP hits Biden despite divides over Afghanistan withdrawal

“If they’re smart and say, ’Look, I wanted us out of Afghanistan, but not this way,’” Glen Bolger, a veteran GOP pollster who’s worked on numerous congressional campaigns, said of Republicans potentially staying on the political offensive. “Not in a total surrender and not letting the Taliban just waltz in and take over everything, hurting […]

In the News: Biden economic approval rating drops amid inflation fears

“Surging COVID and rising inflation are creating a bleaker outlook throughout the next 12 months than we’ve measured since the 2008 recession,” said Micah Roberts, a partner with Public Opinion Strategies and the survey’s GOP pollster. “Forty-three percent say the economy will get worse in the next year, tied for the highest we have measured […]

Most Americans Want to Share and Access More Digital Health Data

A national survey conducted in 2020 by Public Opinion Strategies and Hart Research Associates in conjunction with The Pew Charitable Trusts shows: Eighty-one percent of adults support increased access to health information for patients and providers. More than two-thirds of adults want their clinicians to exchange some health information that federal data-sharing polices don’t currently […]

In the News: Suddenly, (some) Republicans are all in on the vaccine

Republican pollster Glen Bolger told me that he didn’t think the G.O.P.’s about-face stemmed from a sudden fear of electoral debacle so much as a reflection of the alarming trend lines in red America. Until now, “Republicans felt like we don’t necessarily need to push on vaccines and tick off a significant portion of our […]

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